With rivalry talk fresh in the crisp air, this post....where I’ve attempted to represent the overall and relative strength of U-M’s football rivalries over time. If you had a seizure reading this, cheers, you are reading it correctly. Click the pic to expand it. Please jump to Bullets listed below for additional notes, definitions and context.
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TWIMFbH: Beat Chicago (1898)
Stub via ticketmuseum.com and Ken Magee of Ann Arbor Sports Memorabilia This week we go back to Thanksgiving Day, 1898 as Michigan head coach Gustave Ferbert and his undefeated Wolverines traveled to Chicago to face Amos Alonzo Stagg and his powerful University of Chicago Maroons. While rarely discussed these days, the game is without a doubt one of the most notable match-ups in Wolverine lore. While today’s our undisputed rival is clearly The Buckeyes, back in 1898, the coach and the team that really got maize and blue blood boiling was Stagg and his Chicago teams. Have a listen: [display_podcast] You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM.
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Climate Controlled Conditions in Chicago (1896) | This Week In Michigan Football History
For this week in Michigan football History, we take a trip to the finale of the 1896 season in a game played indoors…yes, INDOORS at the Chicago Coliseum complex. They even turned on the lights when a storm outdoors made it dark inside the facility. As always, you can listen to it out before the KeyBank Countdown to Kick-off on WTKA 1050AM tomorrow, or click play now: You can hear all of the This Week… clips here. BEAT OHIO! Follow MVictors on Twitter
